At Columbia and City University of New York, police cleared demonstrators out overnight Police deployed a heavy presence on US university campuses Wednesday after forcibly clearing away some weeks-long protests against Israel’s war with Hamas. Dozens of police cars patrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles campus in response to violent clashes overnight when … Read more
Rising settler attacks since the war in Gaza have sparked widespread alarm and condemnation. Tuwani: In a desert region of the occupied West Bank, Israeli activist Eyal Shani has fitted a tiny camera on his T-shirt to collect evidence of settler violence against Palestinian sheep farmers. Campaigners like Shani have been trying to protect Palestinians … Read more
As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention this week was captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities. Pro-Palestine student protesters were arrested en masse by New York City police at the prestigious Columbia University, prompting outrage that spread across other college sites. Guardian US … Read more
Classes were moved online Monday, with university president Nemat Shafik calling for a “reset” in an open letter to the school community. A protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Columbia University. Photo: Reuters “Over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behaviour on our campus,” she said. “Antisemitic … Read more
The first Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed a man, his wife and their three-year-old child, according to the nearby Kuwaiti Hospital, which received the bodies. The woman was pregnant and the doctors managed to save the baby, the hospital said. The second strike killed 17 children and two women, all … Read more
The US House of Representatives approved a $95.3 billion foreign-aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and other American allies on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US lawmakers for passing the bill. File Photo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked lawmakers in the US House … Read more
Israel Katz asserted that Jerusalem’s ‘diplomatic offensive’ against Iran will be carried out alongside a proper military response– whatever that may be — to the Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday last. A model of a missile is carried by Iranian demonstrators as a minaret and dome of a mosque is seen at background … Read more
Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles at Israel in the attack. The Israeli military said that 99% of the drones and missiles were intercepted Demonstrators wave a huge Iranian flag in their anti-Israeli gathering in front of an anti-Israeli banner on the wall of a building at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. … Read more
The Ministry of External Affairs said it is closely monitoring the situation in Israel and is in touch with the Israeli authorities and members of the Indian community to “ensure the safety of all our nationals”. File Photo/Representational Iran Attack On Israel: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Sunday issued an advisory for Indian nationals … Read more
Israel said it and its allies have intercepted the vast majority the drones and missiles launched by Iran. “We helped Israel take down nearly all (of the missiles and drones,” US President Joe Biden said. An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. … Read more
